Adonis Boone
Adonis Boone, 27, died on June 8, 2017, while held at Lake Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. According to the State Attorney's Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, another person held there attacked him with a makeshift knife during an argument, and a stab wound to his upper chest severed a major artery. The Medical Examiner confirmed the wound caused his death, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The State Attorney's Office says another person held at Lake Correctional Institution stabbed him with a makeshift knife during an argument, and the Medical Examiner confirmed the wound caused his death.
Reported by: State Attorney's Office, Fifth Judicial Circuit; Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).